EUR 835 million
The Call for Projects 2024 is open for submission of Project Concepts from 11 December 2023 until 29 February 2024 at 3pm CET via the Open Application Platform (OAP).
Dr. Sören David
contact@mitigation-action.org
The Mitigation Action Facility is a go-to platform driving climate action across sectors.
Established in 2012 as a multi-donor, grant-based programme, the MAF provides technical support and climate finance for mitigation projects.
Its focus spans three key sectors: energy, transport, and industry. Through annual competitive calls, the MAF supports the most ambitious and feasible climate change mitigation projects to implement countries’ Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) under the Paris Agreement .
Aligning our annual calls with the priority sectors identified in the Breakthrough Agenda, we focus on replicable and scalable projects to transition sectors toward carbon neutrality.
Our projects leverage public and private finance, enhance skills and create regulatory conditions for GHG emissions reductions, ultimately driving behaviour change for sector-wide transformations.
Since 2012, the Mitigation Action Facility has supported 60 projects across 38 countries, with a total funding volume of EUR 835 million (as of December 2024).
The German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action (BMWK), UK Department for Energy Security & Net Zero (DESNZ), the Danish Ministry of Climate, Energy and Utilities (KEFM), the Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA), the European Union and the Children’s Investment Fund Foundation (CIFF).
Monitoring and evaluation (M&E) is an important part of the Mitigation Action Facility. Monitoring is carried out by the TSU for the overall Mitigation Action Facility and by the Implementation Organisation(s) for the individual projects. Projects are expected to build up and anchor monitoring capacities with national institutions in the partner country. This shall ensure that monitoring and data collection mechanisms do not end when the project concludes. A project-level M&E is based on the M&E Framework of the Mitigation Action Facility, which provides guidance on monitoring and reporting requirements. In addition to indicators measuring the progress of the project on the output and outcome level, attention must be paid to the monitoring of mandatory core indicators and additional sector-specific indicators. Indicators measuring co-benefits, engagement on gender equality and social inclusion, assistance to public institutions and policy support are mandatory. The project-level M&E plan contains detailed information on monitoring tasks relevant to a particular project, including frequency of and responsibility for data collection. All monitoring costs must be included in the project budget.
For reporting on progress, Implementation Organisation(s) are required to regularly submit reports to the Mitigation Action Facility following a template provided by the TSU. These reports are:
• Semi-annual reports on project progress, lessons learned and financial statement
• Annual reports on the status and progress of the project, including an updated implementation schedule, on performance according to indicators, risk assessment, deviations from the original planning, lessons learned and financial status of the project
• A final report that has to be submitted two months prior to the end of the project. In addition to the reporting requirements of the annual report, the final project report will assess the overall performance and achievements of the project in terms of outcomes and outputs and will discuss the impacts and lessons learned for broader application. The TSU will assess the progress of the project on the basis of the logframe, the M&E plan and the reports provided.
The Board takes all decisions on strategy, policies and guidelines and selects projects for funding. Formalised Board decisions are the basis for a grant award to the Applicant or Applicant Support Partner (ASP) for the Project Detailed Preparation Phase (DPP) and to the Implementation Organisation(s) for the Project Implementation Phase. The Board comprises representatives from the Donors of the Mitigation Action Facility.
Based on the mandatory characteristics of a project as outlined in chapter 4.1, Project Concepts need to meet eligibility criteria which serve to ensure that the submitted Concepts fulfil the formal requirements of the competitive bidding for the MAF support.
The following criteria apply:
• Timely submission (i.e. by the closure of the Project Concept Phase of the Call for Projects 2025 as communicated by the MAF)
• Focus on one of the three priority sectors – energy, industry or transport; or a cross-sectoral project linked to one of the priority sectors
• Completeness of information (all mandatory fields of the concept template are filled out online)
• Information provided in English
• ODA-eligibility of the country according to the OECD DAC-list throughout the entire foreseen project implementation period
• Qualification of the MAF funding as ODA finance
• Funding volume requested from the MAF for implementation is in the range of EUR 5-25 million excluding DPP funding
• Envisaged implementation duration of 3 - 5 ½ years
DAC List of ODA Recipients